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      Elsevier reviews

      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (2,190 total reviews)

      Kumsal Bayazit

      91% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,190 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Elsevier employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      2.0
      Aug 30, 2016

      This was a decent first job but doesn't provide much room to grow and has recently become an unhealthy work environment.

      Client services representative
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They are generous with vacation time. You receive 3 weeks of vacation at the end of two years of work. you also get an additional three days of personal time and two weeks of sick time. There is also an opportunity to volunteer two days out of the year.

      Cons

      Elsevier currently does not provide much job security. They are cutting jobs and sending them overseas. They also try to save money by not allowing managers to fill open positions and instead have the existing employees fill the gaps. There is not much opportunity for upward mobility, it is common for employees to be stuck in the same position for many years.

      3.0
      Aug 29, 2016

      Really depends on where you are

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Overall this is a great company to work for. It's an industry leader, good strategic direction and great work culture.

      Cons

      Some divisions and senior managers are deplorable, especially where the attention to cost-savings can be excruciating. Bad managers aren't re-mediated.

      5.0
      Aug 24, 2016

      An Awesome Place to Work

      Senior project manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A Breeding Ground for Dinosaurs! Just love this place how they pamper their employees. Very employee centric company with great professionals to work along with. Very good culture driven company which provides excellent opportunities to individuals to grow. Opportunity to work Interdepartment and get placed on desired roles through internal placement was awesome. Even if you are placed in a wrong profile during your initial stage of your career, you can still correct it by attending internal interviews and getting placed on your dream profile.

      Cons

      Indianized management - During the start of the organization, it had great work culture (Dutch) and we had many foreign managers (even at the top level) who drive the organization with a lot of values and principles. However, in due course of time, as soon as they left the organization, the organization become more and more Indianized (with Indian managers) who had their own ideologies changed the organization's culture, which was really sad!

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